AuthorTopic: Shit that made your day (Read 1399119 times)

Soo... I got 103% on my Calculus exam. I'm not sure how I got 103%, since I don't remember there being extra credit. I'll find out tomorrow when I get the exam back. But anyway, regardless, I am so in love with myself and math right now.

"According to the young Irishman, Shane McLoughlin, 19, the original meaning of the day was the celebration of the coming of Christianity to Ireland. "But the real meaning has been forgotten, so today is a day to celebrate Irish culture, and a great day for tourism," he said."

"According to the young Irishman, Shane McLoughlin, 19, the original meaning of the day was the celebration of the coming of Christianity to Ireland. "But the real meaning has been forgotten, so today is a day to celebrate Irish culture, and a great day for tourism," he said."

Sleep with a journalist and suddenly you're being quoted.I knew what I'd told him, but not how he'd phrased it. It wouldn't translate for me due to a 'server error'.

Sleep with a journalist and suddenly you're being quoted.I knew what I'd told him, but not how he'd phrased it. It wouldn't translate for me due to a 'server error'.

the whole thing in tiny font so as to not take up too much space.

Under high humidity, sandwiched between snow and rain, Sunday (17/03) was another typical day Irish. But not even the cold was reason to discourage thousands of tourists and residents of the Irish capital, Dublin, to attend the parade Saint Patrick's Day (St. Patrick's Day).

Wrapped in green, which symbolizes the Roman Catholics, the public decorated with hats, wigs, painted faces and flags of Ireland, the festive spirit and showed that no matter the nationality.According to the young Irishman, Shane McLoughlin, 19, the original meaning of the day was the celebration of the coming of Christianity to Ireland. "But the real meaning has been forgotten, so today is a day to celebrate Irish culture, and a great day for tourism," he said.

For Georgia student Couto, 28, who lives in Dublin 10 months ago, says he was eager to party. "In the week prior, I helped in the making of props, to customize the clothes and also today I set out to come on the show to help organize all voluntarily."

The parade theme this year was people around the world. "It's a parade of marching bands, people, or both floats or costumes, but all very colorful and creative," said Georgia.

More than 500,000 revelers coming from different corners of the world, is distributed in more than three miles of parade involving eight thousand artists from 46 countries. Floats, performers, dancers and acrobats portray what it means to be Irish.

Twelve bands traveled from the U.S. to participate in the parade in Dublin, including the Fire Department of the City of New York, along with 40 members of the French navy, who paraded the streets with bands of Garda (local police) and the National Ambulance Ireland.

This year, one of the great highlights and host of the event was the estsrela Nicky Byrne, former member of Irish pop group, Westlife.

The President of Ireland, Michael Higgins, said after the parade, the Irish appreciate creativity, community spirit and a rich culture. "Actually, our artists are a huge resource of moral worth and high reputation for Ireland."

One of the major highlights of the country's security. "We have many police in all parts of the parade and in key regions will occur where the cluster of people, all very quiet," said Georgia.

ECONOMY - A tourism promotion, called The Gathering Ireland, seeks to organize hundreds of meetings and various activities in the country in order to boost the economy since the fighting Irish rate of 14% unemployment after the economic collapse of 2008.

Meanwhile, with the celebration of Saint Patrick, Ireland recorded an increase in bookings for accommodation of 6% compared to the year 2011, with most Dublin hotels fully booked.

According to Leticia Marcal student, 23 years, the presence of tourists in the country is something remarkable. "You can tell that the city is full of tourists, because we perceive the various languages ​​that people speak in the streets. Several people I talked only came to Saint Patrick, and many of them are struggling to find jobs in hotels, "he said.

WORLD - The Saint Patrick's Day was celebrated around the world. Spotlights lit up in the colors green sights as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Leaning Tower, Niagara Falls, USA and Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.Other parades commemorating the country's patron Saint Patrick were held across the island, including Cork, Limerick, Downpatrick and Londonderry.

Everything around me is turning colors!!!!!!!!!! Trees are growing leaves and flowers are blooming and there is wisteria everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay Spring time. Except for all of the effing pollen all over everything.